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Use {{Talk quote block}} or {{tqb}} to quote (another's comments, a policy statement, etc.) in a block, on talk pages and noticeboards. It can be safely used after colon-indenting as well (see the
§ Indenting example below (
§ Caveats). For a short inline quote, instead use {{
Talk quote inline}}.
|by= (or |2=): The author of the text being quoted. A
Wikipedia username is expected, and the username will be provided as a
wikilink to the author's user page.
|source=: The source of the text being quoted. Use instead of |by= when source is not individual user name, or when copy-pasting an entire sig.
|ts=: The
timestamp of the edit whose text is being quoted. Hint: You can use
five tildes to supply the current date and time: |ts=~~~~~.
|oldid=: The
revision ID of the edit introducing the change that was made. Displayed as the timestamp linking to the diff of the edit. (requires |ts= or is not shown).
|diff=: The revision ID of the
diff comparing target.
Note: |ts= must be present for |oldid= link to show.
Suggested boilerplate
{{Talk quote block|1=<nowiki/>|source=}}
{{Talk quote block|1=<nowiki/>|by=|ts=|oldid=}}
Indenting
The template works with standard talk page indentation, as the following example illustrates. This wiki-markup:
Random paragraph of text. [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
:Opening statement by [[User:Example2|Some other user]].
:{{talk quote block|Quoting an item from random paragraph.}}:Response to quoted text. [[User:Example2|Some other user]] ([[User talk:Example2|talk]]) ~~~~~
Displays the following:
Random paragraph of text.
Example (
talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
To create an indented multi-line quote (such as within a a reply on a talk page), you must use <br/> tags to indicate the line breaks, but do not use manual line breaks. Refer to the following example:
Random paragraph of text. [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
:Opening statement by [[User:Example2|Some other user]].
:{{talk quote block|Quoting an item from random paragraph.<br/>Including a second line.}}:Response to quoted text. [[User:Example2|Some other user]] ([[User talk:Example2|talk]]) ~~~~~
Displays the following:
Random paragraph of text.
Example (
talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
If the text you are quoting is a bulleted or numbered list, the first list item must start on a new line, or it won't be rendered properly. For example:
Wiki-markup
Output
Wrong way
{{talk quote block|* Item one
* Item two
}}
First item isn't bulleted correctly:
* Item one
Item two
Right way
{{talk quote block|
* Item one
* Item two
}}
All items are bulleted correctly:
Item one
Item two
If you are using the |text= named parameter (as opposed to simply supplying your list as the first parameter) please add the following code: <nowiki /> after the = sign. The reason is that the MediaWiki parser automatically removes line breaks at the start of the text, causing the list to be displayed improperly otherwise. Example:
Wiki-markup
Output
Wrong way
{{talk quote block|text=
# Item one
# Item two
}}
First item isn't numbered correctly:
# Item one
Item two
Right way
{{talk quote block|text=<nowiki />
# Item one
# Item two
}}
{{Talk quote block|This here diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:IamNotU/sandbox&diff=904787385&oldid=904785977}}
When your template arguments contain an equals sign, you can't use implicit positional parameters because everything preceding the first equals sign gets parsed as the parameter name. The trick, in those situations, is to make the assignment explicit, so that your entire argument is unambiguously parsed as the value being assigned to that parameter.
{{Talk quote block|1=This here diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:IamNotU/sandbox&diff=904787385&oldid=904785977}}
Writing the transclusion as {{
Talk quote block|1=...}} puts the entire URL on the right-hand side of an assignment to the first unnamed parameter, rather than it being parsed as a template parameter named This here diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title that's being assigned the value User:IamNotU/sandbox&diff=904787385&oldid=904785977.
{{Lorem ipsum}}:{{Talk quote block|source=Talk quote block|text=<nowiki/>
# Item one
# Item two
}}
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The source of the text being quoted. Use instead of by when source is not individual user name, or when copy-pasting an entire sig.
Line
optional
No dash?
nodashno-dash
Suppresses the em dash and space before source, for when pasting a sig that already starts with a dash
Boolean
optional
Timestamp
ts
The timestamp of the edit whose text is being quoted
Suggested values
~~~~~
Unknown
suggested
Old ID
oldid
The revision ID of the edit introducing the change that was made. Displayed as the timestamp linking to the Diff of the edit. (requires ts parameter or is not shown)
{{
Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <
poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <br/>); requires substitution
{{
Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <
poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <br/>); does not require substitution
Designed to format poetry simply and reliably; it differs from {{
Poem quote}} in two significant ways: it does not add spacing around the poem for that sets it apart as “block quote”, and it automatically provides hanging indentation when lines are so long that they wrap